This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1661.2 Message Board Post: I bet this is him: Barry County death records BUTOLF, HERMAN #1103246 died 1877 Book A- page 92 This seems to be yet another version of deciphering sloppy penmanship- the MI Dept of Community Health record BUTOLF, HIRAM Date of death: 28-Sep-1877 Ledger Page: 34 Record Number: 1826 Place of death: Hastings County of Death: Barry Sex: Male Race: WHITE Marital Status: Married Age: Cause of Death: TYPHOID FEVER Birthplace: NEW YORK Occupation: FARMER Father's Name: Last name not recorded, UNKNOWN Father's Residence: UNKNOWN Mother's Name: , UNKNOWN Mother's Residence: UNKNOWN Date of record: 3-Jun-1878